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Arthur Cook (1886 – 4 March 1943) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 10 September 1942 to 4 March 1943, when he died. He was appointed by the First Labour Government. He was born in Australia, and came to New Zealand in the 1900s. He was a shearer, and was president of the Shearers' Union and secretary from 1924 to 1942 of the New Zealand Workers' Union which grew out of the Shearers' Union. He was President of the Alliance of Labour 1926-36, and in the 1920s a bitter critic of the Labour Party.〔''Labour's Path to Political Independence: the Origins and Establishment of the New Zealand Labour Party 1900-19'' p155 by Barry Gustafson (1980, Oxford University Press, Auckland)〕 He was from Wellington. When he was appointed, he had retired recently from the position of general secretary of the New Zealand Workers' Union. He died when the ship the ''California Star'' which was taking him to a trade union conference in Britain was torpedoed by German submarine U-515.〔''Evening Post''; 12 September 1942 p2 & 24 April 1943 p6〕 ==References ==
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